Synthesis of novel benzimidazole salts and microwave-assisted catalytic activity of in situ generated Pd nanoparticles from a catalyst system consisting of benzimidazol salt, Pd(OAc) 2 , and base in a Suzuki-Miyaura reaction

Novel benzimidazolium salts having N-benzyl or N-(4-substitutedbenzyl) groups were synthesized and their microwave-promoted catalytic activity for the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction were determined using in situ formed palladium(0) nanoparticles (PdNPs) from a catalytic system consisting of Pd(OAc) 2 /K2CO3 in DMF/H2 O. PdNPs were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and particle size of in situ generated PdNPs from the Pd(111) plane was determined to be of diameter 19.6 nm by the Debye–Scherrer equation.